Eaves-trough hanger



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0. KRQESING. BAVES THOUGH HANGER.

Wilgzsscs CHARLES KROESING, or CHILTON, WISCONSIN.

EAVESI-TROUG H HANG ER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,882, dated June 21, 1898.

' Application filed February 16,1898. Serial No. 670,539- No mfldeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES KROESING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chilton, in the county of Calumet and State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and,

useful Improvements in Eaves-Trough Hangers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to eavestrough hangers; and its object is to generally improve upon, simplify, and render more efficient this class of inventions whereby a trough may be rigidly held in place without the necessity of bands or straps surrounding the trough and under which moisture would be likely to accumulate and cause the metal to rust, it being my purpose to utilize no solder whatever in the adjustment of the hanger to the trough. To accomplish these ends, it is my purpose to provide a fork which will engage in apertures on opposite sides of the trough, with the ends of the forks clenched to the edge of the troughs, said fork carrying a bridge which fits between the inner walls of the trough and, acting as a strong brace, carries a strap whereby the trough may be suspended, a suitable strap being secured to the loop end of the fork, whereby the trough may be held rigidly.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists, further, in the novel construction and in the combination and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my in1- proved hanger shown as attached'to an eavestrough. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the forked member, showing the manner of clenching the ends about the sides of the trough. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the trough and hanger.

Reference nowbeing had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the trough, which is perforated at A on opposite sides near its upper edge to receive the forked member B, which is made of wire bent upon itself and opposite sides of the trough. This fork carries the bridge 0, which has rolled edges, forming beads, through which the. wire is passed, and when the fork and bridge are in place on the trough the ends of the fork are adapted to be bent at right angles and clenched against the outer side of the trough, as illustrated, thus holding securely the fork and bridge in place. Secured to the said bridge is a strap E, whereby the trough may be suspended to the roof in any suitable manner, and to the loop end of the said fork outside of the trough is pivoted a strap F, which may be secured to the cornice for the purpose of steadying the trough and preventing its flapping up in case of a heavy wind-storm, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing it will be noted that in my simple construction of hanger and brace there is no necessity of soldering, which would be difficult to accomplish when galvanized iron is utilized for troughs and the sides of the trough are braced by the bridge, while the fork'ed member rigidly holds the parts together in the manner illustrated. At the meeting ends of the troughs apertures may be made in the adjacent ends and'the forked member passed through the said apertures to pass through both thicknesses of lap, thus avoiding the necessity of riveting together the ends of the troughs, which is usually necessary in practice.

5 adapted to register with the said apertures on 5 5 Having thus described my invention, what I claim to benew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a hanger and brace foreaves-troughs, the combination with the trough, the forked member formed by bending the Wire upon itself, passing the same horizontally through registering apertures on opposite sides of the trough, the ends of the forkbeing clenched on the outside of the trough, abracket mounted on the arms of the fork, a strap for supporting the trough, and a loop outside of the trough, to which a strap may be connected, as shown and for the purpose specified. v

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES KROESIN G. 

